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Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Chocolate Whoopie Pies

Happy 4th July to all those who are celebrating! My google reader is groaning with all sorts of red, white and blue delights so this is something different but still very American. One of my good friends was recently successful at a job interview - CONGRATULATIONS! It's a job she has wanted for a long time and I'm so, so pleased for her. We went for a lovely celebratory dinner at Bistrot Bruno Loubet which I would recommend if you are in the area. I had the Beetroot ravioli which is in the Time Out Top 100 best dishes in London!

Doesn't it look amazing?

I wanted to bake something special for her to celebrate her success. I remember her telling me that my Lemon Whoopie Pies were the best thing I've ever baked and she has tried a LOT of my baking! I decided to try the chocolate whoopie pies this time and use my jar of Marshmallow Fluff which I found in Asda. I used Dan Lepard's recipe again for the whoopie pies which turned out beautifully. I made a marshmallow fluff buttercream as fluff on its own is really, really sticky!

The letter for this month's AlphaBakes is W which is perfect for Whoopie Pies! AlphaBakes is a monthly baking/blogging challenge which is hosted this month by Caroline from Caroline Makes and on alternate months by myself.

I'm also entering them to Tea Time Treats which is hosted by the fabulous Karen from Lavender and Lovage and co-hosted by the fantastic Kate from What Kate Baked. Karen chose the theme of cake stall cakes & bakes. I think these would be perfect for a cake stall and I'm sure they would be very popular. PS Karen I hope you will enjoy these even though they are very American! ;)

I finally got a chance to use my Whoopie Pie Pan from America.

Melt the butter...

Add in chocolate and continue melting. Then add in eggs, flour, sour cream and milk

Ready to go in the oven

Freshly baked

My first time using Marshmallow fluff - It was too sticky to use on its own so I mixed it with a little butter and icing sugar which gives it a better spreadable consistency and still tasted fabulous.

Spread a generous portion of marshmallow fluff buttercream on one whoopie pie

Sandwich them together

And roll in pretty sprinkles

This is what it looks like using pure marshmallow fluff as the filling

Boxed and ready to be gifted

Recipe for chocolate whoopie pie was from Dan Lepard's short and sweet
Recipe for marshmallow fluff buttercream was based loosely on this recipe from BBC Good Food
- I didn't actually weigh the ingredients but just mixed about 3/4 jar of marshmallow fluff with a small amount of butter and icing sugar until I got the consistency I wanted.

43 comments:

Wow you're quick off the mark! hehe...Happy 4th July too! These look so amazing! I haven't made traditional whoopies with a marshmallow filling yet so I definitely think I need to after seeing your pictures - that fluff filling looks so tasty!! Congrats to your friend...I'm not sure what would make me happier if I was her, getting the job or being gifted this amazing box of treats (actually I think we both know what would make me happier!!) and what a great W bake too!

Well, there you go, you have convinced me that I may need to TRY a whoopie pie now! Like London Bakes, and as you know, I have been a little suspicious of these American imports, but you have SWAYED me into whoopie pie fever with these cake stall GOODIES! Am LOVING your special tin too! Thanks for entering these into Tea Time Treats Ros!

Oh these look amazing! I love marshmallow fluff have done for years, I usually dollop a big bit on a mug of hot chocolate :D But these look really yummy & it means I can use up the half massive tub of fluff I have left!

I missed this, just saw it in the roundup. How could I have missed this? I love whoopie pies. Yours look fabulous with the sprinkes, I am going to try that next time I make them. Oh and I should tell you about my recipe for marshmallow fluff, it is amazing. I could eat it with a spoon!

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Hi! My name is Ros and I've discovered a new passion in life - baking! It's really fun trying new recipes and perfecting old ones. I love experimenting with different flavours and textures and am slowly getting better at cake decorating.
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